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Chipotle subpoenaed as part of investigation; sales plunge

The U.S. Food and Drug and Administration is conducting an investigation of Chipolte Mexican Grill Inc.’s handling of a norovirus…

January 6, 2016

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North Korea says it tested H-bomb, though advance doubted

North Koreans watch a news broadcast Wednesday outside Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, announcing the government claim that…

January 6, 2016

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Foes seek migration curbs after sex assault reports

Police in Cologne, Germany, are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in a series of sexual assaults that…

January 5, 2016

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SAN FRANCISCO –- Forced by drought to become miserly with water, Californians were warned against reverting to old habits Tuesday…

January 5, 2016

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Toilets are major obsession for people in Japan

Japanese give a lot of thought to their lavatories

January 5, 2016

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Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen agrees to be sent back to Texas

Tonya Couch, left, has agreed to be extradited to Texas where she faces charges of hindering the apprehension of a…

January 5, 2016

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Gun rules’ impact on violence questioned

Experts say many sellers are unlicensed

January 5, 2016

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Smart-tech future beckons

show illustrates Internet everywhere

January 4, 2016

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Saudi allies scale back ties with Iran

Iranian demonstrators burn homemade U.S. and Israeli flags during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran,…

January 4, 2016

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Feds monitor armed protesters in Oregon but keep distance

Demonstrators came to the frozen high desert of eastern Oregon to contest the prison sentences of two ranchers who set…

January 4, 2016

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Cameron dismisses latest Islamic State video

“It’s desperate stuff from an organization that really does do the most utterly despicable and ghastly acts and people can…

January 3, 2016

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Poll: Whites and Republicans are the angriest Americans

These fiery sentiments were measured by NBC, Survey Monkey and Esquire over the course of four days in November, in…

January 3, 2016

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Pentagon: Hundreds of military kids sexually abused annually

Masa A military judge convicted Masa last year of sexual abuse of a child and production of child pornography, according…

January 3, 2016

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Stocks sink on first day of 2016 on China, Mideast worries

Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. U.S. stocks are opening 2016…

January 3, 2016

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NEW DELHI – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake left at least eight dead, scores more injured and houses and buildings flattened…

January 3, 2016

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Obama defends forthcoming gun restrictions as constitutional

Opening his final year in office on an aggressive note, Obama summoned his attorney general and FBI chief to the…

January 3, 2016

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Powder horn believed to be Alexander Hamilton’s up for sale

This horn, believed to have been owned by Alexander Hamilton, is photographed at Antique NJ in Closter, N.J. The horn…

January 3, 2016

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Oregon standoff latest in dispute over Western lands

Protesting rancher calls for militias to aid occupation of wildlife refuge

January 3, 2016

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Uranium contaminates water in the West, Midwest

Cancer-causing metal finding its way to faucets

January 3, 2016

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Obama looking to reduce gun violence

President Barack Obama waves as he walks with his daughter, Malia Obama, across the South Lawn on return to the…

January 2, 2016

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Idaho man finds art in back hair

At least that’s how Mike Wolfe, 35, of Nampa, Idaho, has decided to approach manscaping. Wolfe told KTVB-TV that after…

January 2, 2016

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Saudis cut ties with Iran after clerk execution

The move came hours after protesters stormed and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and followed harsh criticism…

January 2, 2016

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Europian Union’s borders are back after migrant flow

FILE – In this Thursday Nov 12, 2015 file photo, Swedish police officers perform identity control among the passengers aboard…

January 2, 2016

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A year of political pregame gives way to a sprint into Iowa

All of it is aimed at people like Jocelyn Beyer, a Republican from the small town of Sully in rural…

January 2, 2016